Windows 2000 Administrator Privileges and permissions when in a User account

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I'm trying to get Eraser to erase the folder left behind when I close
a sandboxed apllication - such as Firefox - in a User account.
However, I get a popup stating that Administrator privileges are
required. Obviously, I don't want to browse in an account with
Admin priviliges, so I experimented altering permissions to finally
give Everyone permission on both the Eraser file and the folder I want
to erase. But this has had no effect and still the message comes up
that admin privileges are required.

I thought that by giving Everyone full control both over the file
doing the erasing and the folder I want erased, that would effectively
give Admin privileges to that part of the User account that is
demanding such privileges.

It could be that I have overlooked something in permissions.
However, could it be that the system recognises that, regardless of
the permissions I alter, I am still in a User account and until I
upgrade the whole account to an Admin account, I cannot erase the
folder? So I suppose the question is: is Full Control of an object
identical in every way to Admin privileges over that object (and vice
versa: Admin privileges identical to Full Control)?

Many thanks
 
Make sure inherit is turned off.


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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<vdp3r@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to get Eraser to erase the folder left behind when I close
> a sandboxed apllication - such as Firefox - in a User account.
> However, I get a popup stating that Administrator privileges are
> required. Obviously, I don't want to browse in an account with
> Admin priviliges, so I experimented altering permissions to finally
> give Everyone permission on both the Eraser file and the folder I want
> to erase. But this has had no effect and still the message comes up
> that admin privileges are required.
>
> I thought that by giving Everyone full control both over the file
> doing the erasing and the folder I want erased, that would effectively
> give Admin privileges to that part of the User account that is
> demanding such privileges.
>
> It could be that I have overlooked something in permissions.
> However, could it be that the system recognises that, regardless of
> the permissions I alter, I am still in a User account and until I
> upgrade the whole account to an Admin account, I cannot erase the
> folder? So I suppose the question is: is Full Control of an object
> identical in every way to Admin privileges over that object (and vice
> versa: Admin privileges identical to Full Control)?
>
> Many thanks
 
Thanks Dave. I did ensure inherit was off, but I think I have the
answer I browsed the Eraser forums and found that Eraser won't erase files
on a compressed drive unless it's in an Admin account. It never occured
to me that compression of the drive could have been the cause otherwise I
would have mentioned it. Just for the record, I can manually use
CCleaner to erase the folder in the user account.

Anyway, I've learned a bit more about permissions in the last couple of days
and no longer feel frightened to alter them.

I really appreciate your response, nevertheless, and also that MVPs are
still interested in Windows 2000.

Martin


"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Make sure inherit is turned off.
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> <vdp3r@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm trying to get Eraser to erase the folder left behind when I close
> > a sandboxed apllication - such as Firefox - in a User account.
> > However, I get a popup stating that Administrator privileges are
> > required. Obviously, I don't want to browse in an account with
> > Admin priviliges, so I experimented altering permissions to finally
> > give Everyone permission on both the Eraser file and the folder I want
> > to erase. But this has had no effect and still the message comes up
> > that admin privileges are required.
> >
> > I thought that by giving Everyone full control both over the file
> > doing the erasing and the folder I want erased, that would effectively
> > give Admin privileges to that part of the User account that is
> > demanding such privileges.
> >
> > It could be that I have overlooked something in permissions.
> > However, could it be that the system recognises that, regardless of
> > the permissions I alter, I am still in a User account and until I
> > upgrade the whole account to an Admin account, I cannot erase the
> > folder? So I suppose the question is: is Full Control of an object
> > identical in every way to Admin privileges over that object (and vice
> > versa: Admin privileges identical to Full Control)?
> >
> > Many thanks
 
Glad to hear you found a solution.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Martin" wrote:
> Thanks Dave. I did ensure inherit was off, but I think I have the
> answer I browsed the Eraser forums and found that Eraser won't erase
> files
> on a compressed drive unless it's in an Admin account. It never
> occured
> to me that compression of the drive could have been the cause otherwise I
> would have mentioned it. Just for the record, I can manually use
> CCleaner to erase the folder in the user account.
>
> Anyway, I've learned a bit more about permissions in the last couple of
> days
> and no longer feel frightened to alter them.
>
> I really appreciate your response, nevertheless, and also that MVPs are
> still interested in Windows 2000.
>
> Martin
 
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